RIO - new marathon swimming documentary
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A new marathon swimming documentary, RIO, has just been released on YouTube, free for all.
The film (created by Lucas Rivet @lucasrivet) chronicles Forum charter member and MSF core team member @AnthonyMcCarley 's quest to complete two iconic South American marathon swims - the Rio de la Plata crossing between Uruguay and Argentina, and the Leme-to-Pontal swim near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Check it out - a highly worthwhile 30 minutes.
For more information, see http://www.riothefilm.com/
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Loved the movie! Love Anthony more. He’s a “quiet” but significant supporter of marathon swimming, as well as an accomplished swimmer himself. It is not hyperbole to say, I wouldn’t be a marathon swimmer if it wasn’t for him. If there is any symbol for what I appreciate about the MS community, it’s him. Though I do know that he’d strenuously object to that characterization. But I gotta say it. Thank you, Anthony! You rock.
Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. --Neale Donald Walsch
You made me tear up! Seriously.
Thank you for the kind and extremely generous words. And, you are correct that I don't believe I deserve such praise.
"highly worthwhile," for certain. Exceptional, truly inspirational. Understand your goal, do the HARD work, be prepared to "face off with your demons," proudly, yet with humility, accept the outcome when you've done your best!!! A beautiful film.
Thank you for your beautiful words!
Wow...keeping it real. I loved this movie. It was beautifully shot with gorgeous lighting and edited very well ---some rough water for sure...not easy on the camera crew trying to keep their gear dry and no salt water! Swim Crew...what fantastic support you had and communication with the various entities--Navy, ships while swimming. Your crew made the final decision--as it should be, to stop the swim for everyone's safety but the crew was thinking ahead as well...keeping you safe (lots of safety measures in that swim--having you put on the swim buoy, giving the medics on land a heads up). Finally, I do not know you, but you are so honest about being the best you can be which is so important...it is about challenging yourself. How will you know if you do not try...THAT is courage my friend. The willingness to put yourself and your ego on the line. This was very inspirational.
Side note: What did your kidlets think of this? I bet they are in awe of their Dad and are probably shaking their heads at what you have accomplished--their hero for sure!!
Nice movie!
Little short for my taste.but hope to have part 2 with another great swims in future!
I wonder how many crew are need for this movie? 1.2 .3 or more? Prof or amateurs? Come with u or are domestic?
Great movie and cool brave swims!
Big congrat and all the best!
Wonderful! Thank you for sharing. This will definitely continue to inspire swimmers now and in the future.
Thank you very much for the kind review. The camera crew probably recorded more than 50 hours of material. And we talked for many more hours - they are from Argentina and traveled to Brazil. We all stayed in an AirBNB for days. So, we really got to know each other. There are things that I just said in response to questions and there were things they asked me to say (like the voice over stuff about the water being so dark) because we had talked about it. They asked about my childhood, swimming background, business life, family life, etc. We were all aligned that we wanted the film to be helpful to people. But I didn't know the story line of the film much before everyone else (you!). I admit that I am biased, but I think they did a great job. Candidly, it is better than I ever expected. Thank you again.
Regarding the kids... I hope they appreciate it in the future!
Thank you for your nice words. Sorry it was too short for you! Not sure about plans for a film sequel.
I am not sure how many people were actually involved in making the film. There were mainly two people. But two production companies. So, multiple producers, editors, etc. They are professionals from Argentina. Young-ish, and very talented. They have done campaign pieces for the Argentina president for example. Again, thank you for your kind words.
Thank you very much! I hope you are right... and I hope that it helps people with things beyond swimming. Thank you for taking the time to watch the film and for taking the time to post about it. Thank you!
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@rlm, You just made my day! Thank you!
This film made me realize how difficult it must be for the crew to stay positive and attentive. Cheers to all crew out there.
Wow, Anthony is such an inspiration. Wonderful film! When Anthony speaks of the agony of failure and not sleeping for month afterward, I felt that deep in my bones! I hope one day I can look back on my worst day and say it was really my best. I'm not there yet, but thanks to this film I am a little bit closer.
@jos, Admittedly, it took years. But the fact that I was willing to speak about my failings was key. Call me if I can help.
(And I did say "one of the" best and worst days... births of my children are obviously better days...)
I really enjoyed this. Most often, you see the glitz and glamour of victory and how good it feels to achieve something. More often than not you don't see the failures along the way. You always see the people who are the greats at the end of their journey but you don't see how many times they fell down and had to get up. Thank you for being vulnerable enough to make this video and show people the "behind the scenes" of the pursuit of victory!
Thank you Muscular Whale! It felt incredibly vulnerable the day the producers released the film. More scary than before a big swim.
I loved the film: the tale; your reflections; the close and personal, almost-slow-motion scenes when you are swimming (because marathon swims are always watched in slow motion); the counterpoint documentary scenes, when third persons explain; the unexpected ending...
I took it like a seminar, summarizing what open water swimming (and specifically marathon swims) is about.
TED talks may be inspiring, but easily done when you are at the top of your career. But humble, vulnerable confessions and reflections upon failure, right after it happened, are even better, and far more brave.
Lessons of life, not only for swimming. Thanks for sharing your story. I hope to see a sequel, feat. you beating the chocolate waters of la Plata.
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@bruno, Thank you so much for taking your time to watch the film and write your post. I appreciate both.
And I appreciate hearing that you liked the film. The film didn't end up being the film that was planned... neither the filmmakers or I expected me not to complete RDLP a second time. But we all agreed with you that there was more to learn from and share with failure. And they made, at least in my opinion, something much better and more valuable than what they originally planned.
Thank you @bruno
Finally got to watch it. Very motivating, @AnthonyMcCarley! And so well filmed. Can't believe it's free.
We're all just carbon, water, starlight, oxygen and dreams
Hey @IronMike, Thank you so much for the nice note. Especially the part about it being free... the filmmakers' (and my) motivation was to try to create something that would be helpful to people. Thus the reason they still did the film that ended in an atypical way and the reason it is free. The idea being that more people would see it if it were free. (People still have to make the investment of 33 minutes!)
Thank you!
For us, here, I think it's a 33mins gift.
What an awesome movie, glad to see alot of you guys agree that Anthony is a swell guy
I've been away fr this forum, but glad in getting back to it to see this shout-out for Rio, which I LOVED!
Besides celebrating the success of the 1st swim featured in the film, Anthony wasn't afraid to look squarely at the 2nd swim and what he could learn fr it. Looking at that endless expanse of brown water, I'm all the more impressed that Anthony got as far as he did.
Worth showing to hs and college kids bc the lessons encompass swimming but go far beyond it.